what does it mean and why is it important
The name of “Shabbat” is always known as the “REST”. A
sabbatical time to not labor.
After six days creation of heaven and earth, (our Creator ONE) then made another day. Made the seventh day as a blessing (sacred) memorial day. HE mark this last day of the week as special memorial day to remember how wonderful did HE created the heavens and earth. (Gen 1:1-31; 2:1-3; Ex. 20:8-11; Is. 56:6).
"The word 'Shabbat' is deeply rooted in the ancient Semitic languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. It existed long before the tribes of Israel and Judah were divided. This ancient term predates the evolution of their languages. In modern Hebrew, the word for 'seventh' is closely related to 'shevet.' The term 'Shabbat' or 'Sabbath’ once again originates from a meaning 'to rest from labor,' signifying the day of rest."
The word “memorial” was always known for “remember”. Memorial originates from the Latin root memor, which means "mindful" or "to remember." This root is shared with related words like "memory," "remember," and "commemorate." The concept of a memorial fundamentally ties to the act of remembrance, whether it is recalling an event, honoring a person, or preserving something significant in memory.
The word 'holiday' originates from the Old English term hāligdæg, meaning 'holy day.' It refers to a significant and commemorative day set aside for rest, reflection, and devotion to , our Creator, the Almighty One, the Most-High, in honor of His creation works from the beginning.
Shabbat = REST
Memorial = REMEMBER Holiday = HOLY DAY
Ancient
Aramaic/Hebrew
once were
numerals to used by the alphabetic numeral system using the letters
of the
alphabet.
The counting “seventh-day” of the week was probably the first numeral to name by the WORD “REST” instead of the alphabetic letters in the numeral system. Modern Hebrew now have their own number by word instead of singular letter.
The name of Shabbat in every languages around the world have a very similar sounding name for their Saturday, the 7th day of the week.
Arabic: Sabet Armenian: Shabat Bosnian: Subota Bulgarian: Sabota Corsican: Sàbatu Croatian: Subota Czech: Sobota Georgian: Sabati Greek: Savvato Hebrew: Shabbat Indonesian: Sabtu Italian: Sabato Latin: Sabbatum | Maltese: is-Sibt Polish: Sobota Portuguese: Sábado Romanian: Sambata Russian: Subbota Serbian: Subota Slovak: Sobota Slovene: Sobota Somali: Sabti Spanish: Sabado Sudanese: Saptu Ukranian: Subota |
Once again, Shabbat is always known as to ease to rest from labor. The first Sabbath day is on the 7th day (1) of the week. According
to Leviticus chapter 23, taught us 7 annual appointed times to remember as well. Three of these 7 annual appointed time holiday have three pilgrimage festival holidays. It is also known as three festival of the first fruits Harvest.
3 Festivals Holidays
As you can see, sabbatical time of all of those appointed time are the real Holi-days.
The time of rest MARK the appointed day to REMEMBER. want his people to take those
Sabbatical appointed time, because it’s holy day to remember. That is why made the 4th commandment to have HIS people NOT to forget the
SHABBAT time. The MARK of the REMEMBERING day to honor and respect HIS creation of us, from how he
created the heavens and earth.
Just to be clear again, sabbatical day(s) does not always mean on the 7th day as Saturday, because the word Shabbat simply means REST. have commanded us to annually track these appointed days holiday which can fall on any giving tracking day based on creation time system.
Since Genesis chapter one, verse 14 explains that created the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day as tracking sign (mark) and season of day and year. That these sign of lights rule over the day and night. This is how we the people should of originally track the time of the month and year.
The way we track the time system in our modern-day world is Roman-Gregorian time system, ‘s time system is a lot different from the Roman-Gregorian time system.
‘s
instruction about the appointed time holi-day will not land on the same day as the Roman-Gregorian time system. This is why we must follow only tracking sign (mark) of time.
After made the heaven and earth. HE blessed the seventh day and SANCTIFIED it: because that in it HE had rested from all HIS AWESOME engineer handiwork (Gen. 2:3).
blessed and sanctified that day as mark of the
special memorial day, because also said in Ex. 20:8-11 and verse 20 “that this day must not be forgotten but to REMEMBER. Because it is a that ye may know that I am the Creator who doth sanctify you” (Ex. 31:13). By observing the 7th Day (Shabbat), HIS people would give a great testimony who He is and how HE is our Almighty Father, the Creator ONE who want us to acknowledge HIS awesome creation work, from heaven to earth. Which He rested after finishing this beautiful handiwork creation that day.
After . spoke to Jacob and said to him, “Your name shall be Israel,” Jacob set up a stone pillar and called the place Bethel (Gen. 35:14).
After spoke to Moses and gave him ALL the Commandments (laws), Moses got up early the next morning and stood up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel (Ex. 24:4).
These stones are the mark as sign of remembering. Just like the rainbow in the clouds, a sign (mark) of the covenant
between and the earth (Gen. 9:13) and this is also why Shabbat is a sign of the covenant between and you throughout HIS children's generations (Ex. 31:13).
“Therefore, I, made them go out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them My statutes and showed them My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them.’ Moreover, I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Almighty ONE, the Creator who sanctifies them.”
SADDLY, we have altered the MARK of the day of Shabbat
Ever since commanded to created everything from heavens to earth, it is the fountain laws that cannot be change and HE dose not change HIS mind. He created it to stand firm forever (Deu. 4:2; 7:9, 12:32; 32:4 & Num. 23:19).
Whatever the law of creation was first built in the beginning it will always stay the way it is. As always because said so!
“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely my Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign (MARK) between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Creator Almighty ONE who sanctifies you. You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is sacred to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Master of ….
“…Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Therefore, the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the Creator ONE made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”- Exo. 31:13-17
You may now can see why commanded made everything, including the Sabbatical day as the MARK of the
holiday. That this Sabbatical rule of time cannot be change, add or removed.
Just as why the law of gravity, magnetism, or water
cannot be change. Otherwise, everything will collapse in our daily life.
This also means not to follow the mark of the Roman-Gregorian time system, this way we will know exactly when is the sabbaical day begin.
“There came to be evening and there came to be
morning, the first day”.
As reader who read this verse must be extra careful what it actually telling us. We must understand what happen before verse five. From what verse 3-4 said. start creating something anew. He spoken (commanded) a LIGHT to appear. Light that shine in the void of the dept darkness that never had this appearing light to separate the darkness. This is the beginning of something HE did before there was evening and there came to be morning.
Let go back to the creation of GENESIS time. Chapter 1, verse 5:
We can NOT automatically take as conclusion that the “EVENING” is, therefore, the beginning of the day, because it mentioned first in our modern-day scripture English understanding. We must put our mind set the ancient interpreter way how the ancient people describe the creation story. Like when we read the red octagon’s shape without a word, we will be able to understand that this mean STOP. Or a white flag waving on the stick, is a message of desire to surrender for peace, to be unarmed. Since our modern English and Hebrew are not the same as how the ancient language were written and understood. Before Hebrew/Aramaic typograph, ancient wrote in pictograph. Image instead of words.
Base on how we track the sign of the sun and moon during spring and fall seasons (because of equal day and night hour), we understand it take about 24 hour to fill in one day. First 12-hour daylight and the last 12-hour of night hours. From dawn of morning to sundown dusk is the first 12-hour and from sundown dusk to dawn of morning is the last 12-hour of
the DAY.
This is why is we called “DAY” as a whole 24-hour, because daylight rule over the night. First is the day and night being the last. That is why separates this light from the darkness and HE is glad that HE did that according to verse three and four. Those two verses is what HE did during creation before there was evening. Between evening
to morning, nothing had happened during that hours. Just as people sleep during that hours as well.
What you just saw is like the tracking of the ancient sundial.
Correct Way to Track the Moon Cycle
This is not the correct setting for New Moon phase.
By now, you should be able to clearly understand that the beginning of the day start at dawn, because the sunlight start lighten the sky just before sunrise. Therefore, the beginning of Shabbat start by dawn of the morning.
NOW, does this Sabbatical law only apply to the bloodline descendants of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, (Israel)?
NO, it dose not only apply to the
descendants of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob (Israel). Because the descendants of Adam, Enosh, and Noah are all not the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, (Israel).
The Sabbatical law dose not mark only to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. Since the Sabbatical law came into exited long since Adam’s day. We all human came from this man Adam and Noah who are our many ggggggggggggggggggggggggggreat fathers.
So, this is what we need to better understand about Israelites, Israelites is not just ’s people (children). Israelites is the great model nation of people who believe, follow and serve ‘s way of life. Israelites is also a great memorial tribe name because led them out of Egypt.
Offspring people who repent and believe in also can join the Israelites tribe. Meaning, they can
become ’s people who serve HIM.
Since Adam’s, Abraham’s, Isaac’s, Jacob’s time, there were many who became the offspring tribes of people who apart themselves from . Who no longer were ’s people or Israelites.
That is why every covenant laws made is not just the Israelites people but ALL mankind. have been expecting HIS people (not to mean the Israelites alone) who HE made mankind on earth to obey and respect ALL of HIS covenant laws. Otherwise, those who chose not to live by HIS rule will be lost.
Did you know there were other Egyptian (mixed multitude people) who repented and believe in have joined with the Israelites tribe before they all left from Egypt (Exodus 12:38)?
Another reason I know this also, even a foreigners (Alien) who enter gate to visit or plan to become
resident in follow, and obey
’s kingdom of Israel must respect, ’s law according to Ex. 12:49; 20:10,
Deut. 31:9-13, & Num. 15:15. That is why I, Bro. Pouliot believe I can still be part of the Israelites tribe even, so I am not the bloodline descendants of Abraham’s, Isaac’s, or Jacob. The whole bottom line here is, the name of Israelites and other nations are all ’s creation children.